Nerojbleo 2022

Description

Organic still red Terre Siciliane IGT, 13.5% ABV, produced by Gulfi. 100% Nero d'Avola, 2022 vintage. A wine born from the passion of Vito Catania and Salvo Foti, who have chosen to showcase Nero d'Avola, Sicily's iconic grape variety. The grapes are harvested in late September. Vinified in red after prolonged maceration on the skins. Aged for at least 12 months in French oak barriques and tonneaux and in bottle for at least 1 year. Ethereal, intense, distinctive, red fruit aromas with hints of vanilla. Deep ruby red color. Elegant, harmonious, and persistent on the palate. A wine that tells the story of a unique territory and a passionate producer.

Details

Perfume

Ethereal, intense, typical, red fruit with hints of vanilla.

Color

Deep ruby red.

Taste

Elegant, harmonious, and persistent on the palate.

Serve at:

16 - 18 °C.

Longevity:

10 - 15 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Producer

Producer

Gulfi

From this winery

• Start up year: 1996
• Oenologist: Salvo Foti
• Bottles produced: 220.000
• Hectares: 40

In 1996 Catania, Vito a businessman originally from Chiaramonte Gulfi, decided to give new impetus to the tradition of wine-growing family. Spurred by a passion for wine, Vito Catania started in collaboration with Salvo Foti a brave project for Sicilian viticulture: to give life to a selection of great wines from Nero d'Avola choosing the most suitable land traditional area of ??the Val di Noto. This is how the Nero d'Avola durable and harmonious, refined and complex, able to speak the same language of the great classics of world enology and to express the purity of accent with the Sicilian. Gulfi now includes more than 70 hectares of vineyard certified organic, all property, in addition to producing great wines and of Nero d'Avola Carricante expression of two whites, indigenous variety of strong personalities, a fascinating Cerasuolo DOCG vineyard and a red centenary on the slopes of Etna. Read more

Sicily

Technical Sheet

Name	Gulfi Nerojbleo 2022
Type	Red organic still
Denomination	Terre Siciliane IGT
Vintage	2022
Size	0,75 l
Alcohol content	13.5% by volume
Grape varieties	100% Nero d'Avola
Country	Italy
Region	Sicily
Vendor	Gulfi
Origin	Iblei Mountains - Chiaramonte Gulfi (Ragusa).
Climate	Altitude: 450 m. a.s.l. The climate is temperate Mediterranean.
Soil composition	Clayey limestone.
Plants per hectare	8,000
Yield per hectare	8,000 kg/hectare
Harvest	The grapes are harvested at the end of September.
Wine making	Vinified in red after prolonged maceration on the skins.
Aging	At least 12 months in French oak barriques and tonneaux with a capacity of 225 and 500-litre. Ageing in bottle for at least 1 year.
Allergens	Contains sulphites